The Level Garden News is a bulletin newsletter to keep

people informed about the gardens of The Level.

This information is displayed in the park’s information boards, at

www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/thelevel, as well as via

The Level Communities Forum www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/lcf

We have just planted some 350 new perennial plants to replenish our borders to make them even more

beautiful to the eye for the year - and also (very importantly) to attract more pollinators, such as bees and

butterflies and other pollinating insects to this local habitat. This is why plant selection is very important.

Here are some pictures and information about some of the plants onsite.

Verbena bonariensis.

Common name: Verbena purple top.

Flowering: late summer to autumn.

Verbena bonariensis.

Common name: Verbena; Purple top

Flowering: late summer to autumn

Knautia Macedonica.

Common name: Knautia.

ummer.

Cirsium rivulare.

Common name: Plume thistle, Brook thistle.

Flowering: Early to mid-summer.

Liatris spicata.

Common name: Gayfeather, Blazing star.

Flowering: Mid to late summer, early autumn.

Knautia macedonica.

Common name: Knautia

Flowering: Summer

Also, you may have noticed that the Green Flag is flying at last in the

centre of the park in front of the Velo Café. This is a great achievement

for The Level. The award was won in 2014, and we have applied again

this year (2015.)

The judging criteria are: ● A welcoming place ● Healthy, safe and

secure ● Clean and well-maintained ● Sustainability ●

Conservation and heritage ● Community involvement ● Marketing ●

Management.

A Green Flag Award is the benchmark national standard for parks

and green spaces in the UK.

The Green Flag is also seen as a way of encouraging others to

achieve the same high environmental standards in their parks and

open spaces.

Find out more at www.greenflagaward.org.uk

Scan here for additional

information about The Level

Recently (November 2014) we had planted some 350 new perennial plants to replenish our borders, to make them

even more beautiful to the eye for this year, and also to attract more pollinators, such as bees and butterfly’s and

other pollenating insects to this local habitat, known as the level.

Here is some pictures and information about some of the plants that have been planted:

Verbena bonariensis Liatris spicata

Common name: Verbena; Purlple top Common name: Gayfeather, blazing star

Flowering: late summer to autumn. Flowering: Mid to late summer, early autumn

Knautia macedonica Cirsium rivulare

Common name: Knautia Common name: Plume thistle, Brook thistle

Flowering: Summer. Flowering: Early to mid-summer.

.

As you can see from the photos and some information about the plants, that plant selection is very

important, not only for the admirer of beautiful plants but also to encourage pollinating insects to this green park.

Also you may have noticed that the Green flag is flying at last in the centre of the park in front of the Velo café,

this indeed is a great achievement for the level which won this award in 2014/15.

The Green Flag Award is the benchmark national standard for parks and green spaces in the United Kingdom.

Sites for a Green Flag Award are judged against eight key criteria: A welcoming place

Healthy, safe and secure

Clean and well maintained

Sustainability

Conservation and heritage

Community involvement

Marketing

Management

The Green Flag is also seen as a way of encouraging

others to achieve the same high environmental standards

in there parks and open spaces.

If you wish to know more about the green flag awards

please visit this site:

www.greenflagaward.org.uk/about-us

SCAN HERE for

additional information about The Level